《大学英语（专科·上册）/高等院校成人教育“十二五”规划教材》参照《大学英语教学大纲》及《普通高等专科英语课程教学基本要求》，以供成人高校理、工、文、师范等非英语专业的专科生（包括全日制、夜大学和函授大学学生）学习使用。《大学英语（专科·上册）/高等院校成人教育“十二五”规划教材》充分考虑到了成人学生英语学习的特点，突出了教材的科学性、趣味性和系统性，强调教材功能的完整性，分单元循序渐进，可操作性强，便于教师课堂内教学安排及学生课后自主学习。在《大学英语（专科·上册）/高等院校成人教育“十二五”规划教材》编写过程中，编者十分重视选材和练习能贯穿窄式主题输入，每单元的各项技能活动都能围绕着同一主题进行，这有利于提高学生英语学习的兴趣，更熟练地理解和运用各语域共用的常用表达方式。同时，教材编写注重学生的技能培养，每单元内容设置包括听、说、读、写、译各环节，旨在增强学生运用英语进行交际的综合能力。

Unit 1 Learning Strategies
Communicative Skills
Text A How to Cater to Your Personal Learning Type
Grammar Focuss
Text B How to Become More Intelligent Than You Are Now
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 2 Attitudes to Life
Communicative Skills
Text A No Arms， No Legs and No Worries （I）
Grammar Focuss
Text B No Arms， No Legs and No Worries （11）
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 3 Friendship
Communicative Skills
Text A Traits of True Friends
Grammar Focuss
Text B Motivational Story of Friendship
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 4 Marriage and Love
Communicative Skills
Text A How We Kept a Long Marriage
Grammar Focuss
Text B Love Chaser
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 5 Sports
Communicative Skills
Text A Sports Are Good for Children' s Health
Grammar Focuss
Text B Kobe Bryant： The Greatest Basketball Player
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 6 Tourism and Travel
Communicative Skills
Text A The Robben Island Experience We Will Never Forget
Grammar Focuss
Text B The Best Cities in the World
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 7 Manners
Communicative Skills
Text A On the Art of Living with Others
Grammar Focuss
Text B 10 Unwritten Laws of Web Etiquette
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 8 Fashion
Communicative Skills
Text A The Various Countries
Grammar Focuss
Text B How Old Age Became a Fashion Trend
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 9 Foods
Communicative Skills
Text A American Foods
Grammar Focuss
Text B World Food Crisis Eats into Grain Reserves
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 10 Famous People
Communicative Skills
Text A Shakespeare
Grammar Focuss
Text B Rene Descartes
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 11 Computer and Internet
Communicative Skills
Text A Computer Service
Grammar Focuss
Text B Cyber Security
Practical Writing
Merry Learning


Unit 12 Nature and Enviroment
Communicative Skills
Text A A Report of Soil Pollution in China
Grammar Focuss
Text B Ecofriendly Products
Practical Writing
Merry Learning